HTC has revealed that customers waiting for the Lollipop upgrade will not receive it in time for HTC’s self-imposed deadline of Feb. 1. The two phones from some carrier will not meet the 90 day update goal.
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Vine has introduced Vine Kids, a standalone app for iOS aimed especially at children. The app will allow children to watch 6 second videos that are appropriate for their age.
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Google Now has been updated with support for third party apps. The company is allowing a total of 40 third party apps to generate Google Now cards.
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WhatsApp Mesenger’s much anticipated voice calling feature is rolling to Android devices. A Reddit user Pradnesh Patil (pradnesh07) posted screenshots and a video of WhatsApp’s new interface that features voice calling.
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Asus PadFone Mini was launched in India for Rs 15,999 in November 2014. It has a 4-inch (800 x 480 pixels) smartphone that docks into a 7-inch (1280 x 800 pixels) Padfone station. Powered by 1.6 GHz dual-core Intel Atom (Z2560) processor, it was launched running on Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean) and got the Android KitKat update later. Continue reading “Asus PadFone Mini Photo Gallery”
If you’re looking for the next-generation display in your next Huawei smartphone, you may be disappointed as the Chinese manufacturer as advanced displays come with a battery life compromise that the company isn’t willing to accept. FoneArena spoke to Kevin Ho, President of the Handset Product Line at Huawei, in a special briefing at Huawei’s Shanghai campus where he explained the trade-off the company is facing with adopting next-generation displays. Continue reading “Huawei rules out 4k smartphone displays over battery life fears”
We reviewed the Lenovo S580 smartphone recently, and as promised, here are the battery test results. The S580 has a removable 2150mAh Lithium-Polymer battery. The 5-inch display and the 1.2 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 200 SoC should make the phone’s battery drain much. Let us check out the battery test graphs. Continue reading “Lenovo S580 Battery Test”
Samsung launched the Galaxy E7 in India recently for Rs. 23,000. The phone that has a unibody design and is another device from company’s E series smartphones. We have already seen the unboxing of the phone and now lets take a look at the hardware in this photo gallery. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy E7 Photo Gallery”
Samsung is working on the Galaxy Xcover 3 (SM-G388F), the latest rugged smartphone in the Xcover series. GSMArena has got hold of the live images of the smartphone. The Galaxy Xcover 2 was introduced back in 2013. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Xcover 3 rugged smartphone live images surface”
Flipboard for Android and iOS got a major update back in October last year that brought new features, including Flipboard Topics for readers in the U.S and Canada. Users can choose from over 30,000 topics to follow, with each topic containing stories from publishers, websites, and magazines curated on the digital magazine aggregator. Continue reading “Flipboard Topics now available in India and the UK”
iBall Andi 5Q Cobalt Solus, the latest smartphone in the Cobalt series has been listed on the official website. According to Manish Khatri from Mahesh Telecom, the smartphone is priced at Rs. 10,990. It has a 5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) IPS display based on one glass solution (OGS) technology and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat), similar to the iBall Andi5S Cobalt3 that was launched last year, but this is powered by a slightly slower 1.4 GHz Octa-Core processor. Continue reading “iBall Andi 5Q Cobalt Solus with Octa-Core processor launching soon for Rs. 10990”
Lenovo launched the A6000 smartphone with 4G support in India at a price tag of Rs. 6,999 earlier this month. The budget smartphone is currently the cheapest one that offers 4G connectivity in India. We have already seen the unboxing of the phone and now lets see the hardware in detail in this photo gallery. Continue reading “Lenovo A6000 Photo Gallery”
HTC has launched a new Desire 816G dual SIM variant in India. It has the same 5.5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) display, similar to last year’s Desire 816G Dual SIM, but this is powered by a faster 1.7GHz Octa-Core SoC and comes with 16GB of internal storage, but it has the same 1GB RAM. Continue reading “HTC launches new Desire 816G Dual SIM with Octa-Core SoC in India for Rs. 19990”
SwiftKey keyboard is now available in Chinese language. The popular third party keyboard was conducting a beta test with Chinese-speaking users for quite some time.
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Bharti Airtel Limited has announced that it will apply for payments bank license. The company is seeking to convert its existing Prepaid Payment Instrument license into a payments bank license to be issued by the Reserve Bank of India.
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